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worrying |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr & vb n. {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen wirien to strangle, AS wyrgan in [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti and perhaps to E. wring.] 1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also to tear or mangle with the teeth. A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that had his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak. 2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. ``A church worried with reformation.'' --South. Let them rail, And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe. Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift. 3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: worrying adj : causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: {distressing}, {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}] n 1: the act of harassing someone [syn: {badgering}, {torment}, {bedevilment}] 2: the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"
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